Eden Vale Sewage Works
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Eden Vale Sewage Works is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near East Grinstead, West Sussex. It received special (hazardous), household and commercial waste between 1949 and 1973, covering about 5.14 hectares. Reference EAHLD11730, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD11730 |
|---|---|
| Site name | Eden Vale Sewage Works |
| Address | East Grinstead, Surrey |
| Site operator | Not recorded |
| Licence holder | East Surrey Water Company |
| Licence issued | Not recorded |
| Licence surrendered | Not recorded |
| First waste input | 31 December 1949 |
| Last waste input | 31 December 1973 |
| Area | 5.14 ha |
| Gas control | Not recorded |
| Leachate containment | Not recorded |
| Licensed site | Not recorded |
| EA area | Kent SO |
| Grid reference | 539100, 139800 |
Source: Environment Agency Historic Landfill Sites dataset, October 2025 revision.
Boundary map
What these waste types mean
- Special:
- the licensing-era term for hazardous waste — asbestos, chemicals, oils. The category that most warrants a closer look.
- Household:
- everyday domestic refuse. Decomposes and can generate landfill gas for a few decades after closure.
- Commercial:
- waste from shops and offices — paper, packaging, food. Similar profile to household waste, usually less of it.
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What this data does — and doesn't — cover
- Licensed-era records only. Waste licensing began in 1974. Older tips — especially small pre-war ones — are incompletely recorded, so absence from this data does not mean no landfill ever existed here.
- Not the contaminated-land register. Councils hold a separate register of land determined as contaminated. A historic landfill entry is not a contamination determination, and vice versa.
- Boundaries are indicative. Digitised at 1:10,000 scale; some are buffers around a point rather than surveyed edges.
- Not a substitute for a formal environmental search. If you're buying, your conveyancer's environmental search checks this and several other sources.
EA Historic Landfill dataset, October 2025 revision. More on the methodology page.